# Accident 19810425019499A: Cessna 152, Urbana, IL, April 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1981, 15:30 local time
- Place: Urbana, IL
- Airport: Illini
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1101° N, 88.1973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Urbana, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1101&lon=-88.1973&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5527L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5527L-2012-10-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16 total, 16 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81DEV12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEV12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810425019499A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STUDENT PILOT CRASHED DURING SECOND SOLO LANDING. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND HIT ON NOSE WHEEL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI81DEV12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEV12), Apr 25, 1981: Cessna 152 (N5527L), Urbana, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5527L (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20081013855889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081013855889I), Oct 13, 2008: Cessna 152 (N5527L), Leesburg, FL, Minor damage. (-23) North Florida FSDO inspectors responded to a report of a damaged propeller on a Cessna 152 based at kissimmee gateway airport (ism). The pilot who had…
- [Incident 20031211033369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031211033369I), Dec 11, 2003: Cessna 152 (N5527L), Somerset, KY. (-23) Aircraft made an emergency landing in pine knot, KY. 35 miles south of Somerset KY (sme) on state hwy 127. Pilot stated aircraft lost power and engine…
- [Accident 19981227033879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981227033879A), Dec 27, 1998: Cessna 152 (N5527L), Urbana, IL, Substantial damage. Acft landed hard and bent the gear. (.19) on December 27, 1998, at 1100 central standard time (CST), a Cessna 152, N5527L, operated by a commercial pilot,…
- [Incident 19930720032619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930720032619I), Jul 20, 1993: Cessna 152 (N5527L), Urbana, IL, Minor damage. Witness stated student made steep approach. Bounced and landed nose wheel first. Nose wheel strut collapsed.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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